The Sun. — London, England, 1818-08-08 00:00:00

LITERARY RES:II;W. 147011IER'S SECOND Joun:NrY TO PERSIA, 4to. (Continued from our raper df Wednesday.) Mr. MoREHR conceives the Persians to he emi nently susceptible of civiiization and refinement The Prince Royal of Persia, Waits Mitt a, like the (zar Peter, has suhrnirt•ed 6r) he taoght isv foreigners, in order to he capable of givinot in s'iturtions to his conn , Tvini.n. in the war with Hussite. perceiving the advantages which the ene. 'my derived from their "'riflery, the Princie de termined to introduce antong. his soldiers th'e tactics of Europe ; and When tlre British ...Ambas sador and Mr. Morier reached Oian, the seat of Abbas Mit za's Government, they aver e sainted with a regular discharge of artillery, which forci bly recalled to the mind the cittoms and eiviliea lion of &nape. Mr. Moder give. an interesting detail of 'his official introduction at a subsegnenr period to this accomplished Prince :- 16 After 'having been introduced with the usual forlats, I was desired to seat myself opposite the Prince—he himself 'was seated tailor-like, at one extremity of the tent, with his ca" on one side, leaning farwards in a playful manner over his knees. On one side of bins was an ink-stand and some papers, and at the other extremity of the tent was Hyder Ali Khan, one of his favourite officers. After saying some obliging things, he asked me for the letters of which 1 was the bearer, which I then delivered to hint. OW of them contained a sketch of the Treaty recently concluded between Russia and Turkey, over which he pondered with consider able attention for a long while, without opening his lips. He then made a sign to /leder Ali Khan to withdraw, and re quiring me to come close to him, he made some very shrewd remarks upon the different Articles of the Treaty, showing himself a perfect master of the nature of the political rela thew that existed between those two States. Among the letters of which 1 was the Shearer, was that of Mi. Gordon, from Teflis, to the contents of which he paid the most mi nute attention, and when I informed him, that by desire of the Russian General, Mr. Gordon was about returning to us through Karabagh, by Ganja, and Shisheh, iu order to in spect the Russian possessions in that part of the country, the . Prince exclaimed, ' Oh, I know those wiles of old; they will make Mr. Gordon believe that they are very strong, when it is all the contrary. On the one day they will march a set of men before him, and on the next, changing their dress, they sxill exhibit the very same set as fresh troops newly arrived.' He finished this part of the conference by saying, that be would think upon what was now to he done, that he would write to the Ambassador, and that at night be would send for me again to tell isle what was Isis determination. Ile then conversed upon indifferent subjects; and when I told him of our aereeahle sensations upon beholding his troop of horse-artillery at Ojan, and that we felt ourselves in some Pleasure transported to England, his eyes glistened with the crust lively pleasure, and he said, ' Well. that is just what Mirza Abut Hassan Khan has told me. He assured me, that on entering Aderbigian, he thought himself again its Eng laiid ; amd that if the Persians want to see what England is, they have only to look at the country over which I govern.' roor Prince! could he but take one look at England, how great would be the revolution iu his ideas ! . How great would be the probable consequences to • the whole of his country, end perhaps to the whole of Asia." We cannot resist the inclinalion to transcribe the following Sketch of the late Rev. Mr. MAtt- TYN, who breathed his last in Persia, and by his exemplary virtues attracted esteem, and even inspired reverence, in a land of strangers : " The Persians, who were struck with his humility, his pa tience, and resignation, called him a Merdi Rbodai, a Man of God ; and, indeed, every action of his life seemed to be beat towards the one object of advancing the interest of the Christian Religion. 4" When be was living at Shiraz, employed in his translation, be neither sought nor shunned the society of the Natives, :many of whom constantly drew him into arguments about religion, with the intention of persuading him of the truth and excellence of theirs. His answers were such as to stimu late them to farther arguments, and in spite of their pride . the principal Mollafts, who had heard of his reputation, paid hirwthe first visit, and endeavoured in every way to entangle bins in his talk. "At length he thought that the best mode of silencing them, was by - writing a Reply to the Arguments which they brought'buth against our belief and in favour of their own. His tract was circulated through different parts of Persia, and was sent from hand to hand to he answered. At length it made its way to the King's Court, and a Mullah of high con sideration, who resided at Hamadan, and who was esteemed one of the best controversialists in ti►e country, was ordered to answer it. After the lapse of more than a year he did answer it, but such were the strong positions taken by Mr. Martyn, that the Persians themselves were ashanied of the futility of their own attempts to break them down ; for, after they had sent their Answer to time Ambassador, theyrequested that it might be returned to them again, as another Answer was preparing to be given. Such Answer has never yet been given; and we may infer from this circumstance, that if in additio s n to the Scriptures, some plain treatises of the Evi -dcnces of Christianity, accurApanied by Strictures upon the falseness of the doctrines of Mahomed, were translated into Persian, and dissen►iwatcd throughout tbat.couutry, very fa vourable effects would be prAtteed. " Mr. Martyn caused a copy of his Translation to he beauti fully written,-and to he presented by the Ambassador to the King, who was pleased to receive it very graciously. A copy of it was made by Mirza Baba, a Persian, who gave us lessons in the Persian language ; and he said that many of his coun trymen asked his permission to take Mr. Martyn's Transle Con to their homes, where they kept it for several days, and expressed themselves much edified by its contents." *** We must omit the names of the respec tive Publishers it future, as we find that other wise the LITERARY Ruvrew, which we insert for the information and amusement of our Readers, will be chargeable as Advertisements at the STAMP- OFFICE. The Mike of ROXBURGH, who has, for the first time, been elected one of the Sixteen Re presentatives of the Scottish Peerage, is the only Scots Duke who is not also a Peer of Great Rri• taut —His Gr a ce is now in the eighty-first year of his age, and his son, tie Marquis of BBAVMONT, Las just entered into his second ! We received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday last. The following are extracts " Pacts, AUG. 5 —Yesterday the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministes paid their respects to the King and the Itoyal Family.. " His Majesty also received, at a private au dience, the Duke de Fernan Nunez., the Spanish Ambassador, who bad the honour of delivering to the King the credentials by which her Majesty the Infanta Duchess of Lucca has appointed him her Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of France. The Count de Grote, the Hanoverian Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, was also admitted to a private audience, at whiclt he presented to the King a letter of Notification , from his Sovereign respecting the marriages of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence with the Princess Amelia Adelaide Louisa of Sax-Mein engen, and of his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent with the Princess Dowager of Liningen, Maria Louisa Victoria of Saxe Coburg. " A Royal Ordonnance has been published for regulating the General Staff of the Army. " Wednesday the 29ils ult. the three legions of Ille et Vilaine, Loire Inferieure, and iVlorbilian, were assembled in the morning on the Cours d'Ajot, at Brest, commanded by Colonel Cadudal. At half-past eight the Duke of Gloucester pro ceeded thither, accompanied by 'Generals the Count d'Hoffelize, and the .Baron de Goguelat, the Count nGoordon, the Mayor and Sub-Pre lect, and a great number of Officers of different arms. After reviewing the troops, which de filed in his presence, his Royal Highness vi sited the Chateau, the Ramparts, and the Parish Church of Saint Louis: The Duke abccuded to the top of the tower, where the telegraph is placed, and which immediately an nounced to Paris that his Royal Highness was ob serving its movements. After the dinder, given by the Count de Gourdon, his Royal Highness went on board the frigate, to which, by his invitation, he was ac companied by the Countess de Gourdon, Made moiselle de Gourdon, the Countess de Hoffelize, the Countess de Redon, and several others.— His Royal highness, who on his arrival was saluted by the Royal Battery, now in his tern, on his getting on board the frigate, saluted Admiral the Count de Gourdon.— On his Royal Highness's departure the salute was returned by the Royal Battery. All those who had the honour of forming part of the pro cession to the frigate, agreed in stating that it was impossible to experience a more polite, gracious, or affable reception than was given to them by the Duke and the Officers of t he frigate. His Royal Highness set sail on the 30th ult. and stops at Belle Isle, before proceeding to Rochelle and Rochefort. His Royal Highness sent 200 francs to the comedians. The Duke will proceed to Bourdeaux, and proposes visiting Languedoc, after which he goes to Rome. " The house of Joan d'Arc, at Domremy la Pucefie, between Vaucouleurs and Nenfchateau, is to be repaired, preserving, as much as possible, all that may tend to recall her memory and the bas-relief over the door, which, ?luring the Revo lution, was destroyed, is to be completely re stored, " A violent shock of an earthquake was felt at Inspruck, on the 22d ult. at ten at night, which lasted for some seconds, and was accompanied by an explosion similar to thunder. The ocscillation was from west to east. " The Allied Monarchs, it is said, will pass some days at Spa before proceeding to Aix-la- Chapelle. '• The cause of Lievt.-Colonel Barbier Dufny aga i nst the Countesses of St. Moryq and de Gaudeaart, for calumny, came on again yester day before the Tribunal of Correctional l'olice. X. Couture was beard at considerable length tot the Ladies. After which the case was postponed till Tuesday next; to hear the reply of the Advocate of M. llteay. FIVE PEE CENTS. Tuesday tFs f. 35c. i k „ Loan Cvrtiticates DBl , Bllltttri STOCK of the 22d March, 1817, BB f. 25 e. 22d Sept. 1817, 8t; f. 25c. 22d March, 1318, B4 f. 30c. " BERLIN, JULY 25.—Our Council of State opens its Sittings on the 26th October. It will have under its discussion the most important pro jects relatiVe to the Constitution, the Finances, and Legislation. " STUTTGARD, JULY 28.—The 'report. of Las Casas paying a visit to the Princess Catherine of Wurtemburg is entirely unfounded." Lord CASTLERCAGH does not leave town on his important mission to the Continent fur at least fourteen or fifteen clays. There is a long article in The Morning Chronicle of this :lay, respecting Lord CASTLEREAMII'S mis sion to Vienna, and among a heap of unmeaning, silly, ridiculous questions, it has the following passage :—" The Army of Occupation is to be withdrawn. So says the Emperor of RUSSIA, whose fiat on a point like this is the nod of JOVE to the Dii ininores." There is more poetry, or rather fiction, than truth in this assertion. The insidious design of it is to throw all the other Potentates into comparative insignificance. That the Emperor of RUSSIA will have the weight attached to the importance of his character can not be doubted, hut we are assured, from what we take to be good authority, that the Emperor has not affected totake_ any lead in the ensuing delibe rations, and that whatever arrangements are to take place, will proceed front the united consultations acrd full consent of the whole body of Sovereigns. If the Chronicle were ,not, known for the daring effrontery of its reports, upon every subject con nected with politics, in any part of the world, as well as for its factious spirit at home, it would be difficult to account for its daily falsehoods ; but its usual malignity, and bitter hatred of G. iernment, because it stopped all revolutionary movements in this country„‘Vill'weltaccount for its attempt to degrade Sovereignty in any but a republican shape. Cannot TherChronicle satisfy it self with the melancholy posture of affairs among the Misguided Labourers of Manchester (most of them, probably, Readers of The Chronicle}, with out attempting to excite doubts and jea lousies respecting • the -Allied Powers ! Hap pily those Powers, if they ever hear of the venom of The Chronicle, will only despise it.— Let The Chronicle indulge itself in the ,hope that the discontents of Manchester will ripen into riotous commutions and more seditious move ments, and then it will find a despicable re ward in the success of its endeavours to dis turb the minds of the people, and bring that Government into disgrace, to which Europe is indebted for its deliverance, and Great Britain for the glory which it acquired, by the spirit, energy, and perseverance, which led to that illus trious issue. Our intelligence from Manchester this morning states that matters remain iu slatu quo. The great fear is, that harangues from -such desperate cha racters as BAGGRRTV, OGDEN, DRUMMOND, JOHNSTONE. and others, who were last year charged with high treason, may h a v e an ef fect upon the credulous minds and inflam ed passions of the poor workmen. —lt is evident that, the just price of every man's labour must vary according to his skill and dili gence, and therefore ought to be matter of pri vate compact between himself and his master, consequently the attempt to fix the price for large bodies of men by combination is equally unjust and pernicious. The least reflectiv would con vince the men of this truth, if they were not heat ed by Factious Newspapers and Revolutionary Agitators; The Chronicle has taken the pretended letter from MoNsteun to the KING of FRANCE, which we inserted yesterday, but. %i ith its uaual meanness, a meanness equal to its rancour, does not 'state whence it derived it. It adds, with Intiicrous 9 imPlicity, that it has little doubt, " from the stile of the letter, of its being it fabrication." If it means a.fabrication. as imputed to MONSIEUR, there is no route for doubt, but if it doubts the fact that such a letter was really written and so imputed, we pity its ignorance. The report still prevails thlit ttle Marquis . of LANSDOWNE is to lead Opposition in the House of Lords, and Mr. TIERNEY in the Commons, if his health will admit. Mr. BROUGHAM, it seems, aspites to the latter hollow-. The British Press - of this day expresses some doubts as to the tiet of Hussey's acknowledgment of his guilt. We announced that fact ou autho rity on Tuesday last, in a Second Edition. The wret c h e d m ail ma d e a full confession to Mr. Itbooe, the Clergyman, and certainly desiited to have it kept secret, but that Gentleman properly revealed it, for the satisfaction of die Public. THEATRICAL REGISTER. P'rformei/ Loct Arivht. TIIPAYRE 'ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Three alecks after Mar riage: Sir Charles Racket, Mr. Russell ; Lady Racket, Mrs. Glover. After which, Ttr. Africans. To which was added, Y. V. Z. MEATRE ROYAL, ENGLI3II ODSRA, STRANI).—The Bull's Head: Principal Characters by Mr. Wrench apd Mi s s Lore. After which, The Americans. To which was added, Bachelors' Wives. ARM•EU--1 Doblin,2 Waterfiird, 1 Sweden, 1 France. DUE-I Liihon. PRICE ()I ILAY AT r Bank Stock • - 27;4 .4 per Crot.ltrd 3 per tent. C0n5....... 7740 per Cent • • • Bg+,+ 4 prr Cents . • 973 5 prrtent. Navy A n0...A Oil %Ilk - Long Ann. 90i 11-16ths 1 India Stock 2321 S LOCKS .w EINE ..cimCK. India 80nd5.........-113s pr. South-Sea . Stock. .....86+ 851 New Annuities 761 Ex. Bills, 2d. 18s. Its. 19s. pr. lbs. 19s pr. Omni utii Cons. for Account ni 4 HIGH A'rER A'l' Morning, 3 minutes after 7. )ti BAIDGF, , TO .11011110 W. I Evening, 27 minutes after 7. THE SUN. gOLIENI tjUIS DICERE Frlt,sUM AUDKAT ? LONDON, &ITEM DAY, AUGUST 8, 1818. bittnty-LANg THEAtitt. COURT OF CHANCERY. Sir SAtviner. Rosnr.a.y, Mr. BELL, and IturELL, appeared this morning on behalf of Mr; G. H. Rubins, Mr. •Caleraft, V. P. the Ho rri k Geo. Lamb, Mr. Shakespeare .Read, a nd othe r Members of the Special Com m i t t ee , a ppointed h i the Proprietors, praying an I n j u n c tion to restra in the persons acti n g i n th e name o f a Sub-Csnv . mittee of Management from making any Engag e ' ments, or taking an y s t e p s w i t h a v iew to op ell . the Theatre. until the Credit o r s are satis fi ed, a n d also that all su c h ot h er arrangeMents may be m ad ' as were tectimmentled and adopted by the Jolt General Meeting of the Proprietors.—Sir SAsW O ' ROMILLY stated the cas e v er y f u lly, and th e CHANCELLOR immediately ordered the Injunction. a id Mr. STEPHEN P.SiBIA had a r rived in tOVI” A P - had commenced his duty as Managet of Drug: Lane Theatre ; but the Injunction obtained tbts day will, of course, stop all proceedings, excepts %ye hope, towards an amicable arrangement. SHIP NEWS. The Anna Robertson, M•FARLANE,frorn riengal° Isle of France, and St. Helena, has arrived off th e ' IVight. DEAL, Avc:7.—Arrived last evenimr„ after post, th e ' 1°1)14 . —, from Jamaica; Urania, Hutchiniou, from StArilleene” and sailed for the River this morning. Also the Royal So vereign yacht, from Calais ; Florida, sloop of war) " In a cmize—and remain. LivEßPool., AuG. s.—Arrived the Harriet, Graham, I ° 6l Pictuu : sailed 6th July. On 26th in lat. 48. 5(1 1°114 , • 24. spoke the brig Ocean, from Glasgow fur Prince. Edgard Island.—Also arrived the John Crowther, Rea, fron:•l3"7 Ayres, whence she sailed 30th Ap r il. O n 15th May, i" ri 26. 46. S. long. 32. 19. W. spoke the C am d e n, from L on°— to Batavia; and all 17th, in lat. 26.35. S. lonC. 18 ' W.: the --- Ann, from London to th e C a p e o f G oo d H o p e .-Also ar r ' vc the James, Clough, from Greenland, with 9 fish. 0 04 D" Ave. 7.—A Dover fishing. smack brough t in morning two bower anchors, one wood and one iron ste' ke d. with chain cable, And a Dutch-made hedge, from the Weck of a timber laden ves se l, na me un k nown , o ff Margate' marks on them. ll+,ewt Cm, A un. 7.—Arrived the Lord Castlereagh Packet' with a mail, &c. f rom C ux h aven; B eau f or P ac k e t, with ' l li ''' . from Holland;•and Thetis Paeliet,wiat do. from Gottenloll, A large quantity o f ti m b er , l at h roo d, an d d ea l s , is ho ne coming in here from a vessel, supposed to hare fo"' del . c laq Sunday on the Kentish knock. Some has been 0 11ie into W'oadbrit4;o, and a great part o f th e vesse l has g °l3° c 3 shore at NV altonson-t he-Naze. THE QUEEN.---The account from Kew, 1 7 (1 - terday, was—" The WEEK has had a g ° #. ro/d' night and is somethi ng b e tt er to -d a y."--4 - (:ircular.) • Hamburg!) and Dutch Mails have arrived, with t. Papers from the former c i t y t o t h e I s r, and f o Brussels to the Gth instant. The Priric ess OR ANGE was delivered o f a Prince on the 'ts her who, with hi s mot h er , i s d o i ng we ll. IP her second son : froo. " HAGUE, Atm. 2.—This morning a Courier arrive(' Soestdyk, bringing the agre ea bl e news th a t h e r R"Ya l 144 l e ness the Princess of ORANGE was safely delivered of a this morning, between ten and. bat f•past t en o ' c lock, an , 1 0 3 $ both her Royal Highness and the young Prince "'e re vre e" .s the departure ot the Courier. At five o'cloCk the 113 P PY r toi - was announced to the inisabitants by th e discha e 11 ,,ist• guns; already on the arrival o f the C our i er th e Oi ler) : t th ° cd flags to express their joy; flag s wer e a ls o hoist ° , 3 h e ir steeples and other public buildings. The- hotels their steeples Royal Hizhnesses the Prineesses Dowager, the resid e ' ) t he the Governor, the Theatre, and most private htov' es ' .11 ,,fter chief part of the town, were illuminat e d. A few 11l ' uf5 the arrival of the news, the Minister of Foreign Ati :6ll ,„ r ob to Soestdylc. - Admiral May i s o rd ere d t o c arry to P eters? .s the news of the delivery of the Princess of Orange. The following Notice was yesterday sip— in the Stock Exchange— WO • CONVERSION OF EXCHEQUER BIL LS INTO I. •s• PER CENT. CONSOLIDATED AND RED UCSD A NUIIES. 14 " The Certificates in which the Instalment 4oe „ day of August has been paid, are now ready for de liverl:; co , " The future lostah»ents are to be made either, ill . quer Bills dated before the Ist of Atrust, ISIB , 00 ‘ v io ncY 1 ' the interest thereon will cease, or 1.7 v a pavment ; e I°C.. th in which case 1(01, money must be I;aid in lieu "f ea st ' orExehequer Bills, and intcrest must also he p?,`".^(l(f the 14 nes - diem upon each lull. money, to be compete from ' August to the day of payment. " Exchequer Bill °Nice, tith Aug. 1818." C i S C The Duke of Sussex, it seems, 'g "P.,e ceremony °- Bath nest month, to superintend the cerew opening the Freemasons' Hall. YeSterday, at two o'clock, aCabinetC°olli f t t chil e was held at the house of the CnaNcE" " garl EXCHEQUER, which was attended by the LIVERPOOL, the CHANCELLOR Of the Ex cilr Mr' ViScotint CASTLEREAGH , E.srl BAT HU r It : I Co de CANNING, and Mr. IV i ELLEsLE y POLE• We ). Cil sat till half-past four. The Duke ` c t he LINGTON was preterit during the wil° le c. VO Ong of the Cabinet Ministers. The Grand Doke Nitcliar , ,L %. 5 ' 85 arrive at Edinburgh ou Tuesday last• hue Miss O'NEILL is engaged to perfor m 8 4 at the Norwich Theatre, con firme d Last week 1263 persons were Louth, by the Bishop of the diocese; „ rs li4V I.l , l The FIRE.--About 10 o'clock on TO"" the nehbourhood tint Bowling colisterinnre stet . , were thrown o great consequence of a quantity of stroke 00avidocrof observed issuing from a second floor ` t , v itae the Adam end Eve public-house. Th e " ( t ogv t " C l full of customers at the rime, and theY' s ,i,o l , l l,o with several firemen,- rendered eery es. :0) 0 and happily soon- extinguished the d t fire was occasioned by a candle heiog window, which set the curtains on street, ,ution, (I rie irt o „ , 11^11n, ~,~~ j: ~~, i: ~o~e lista 4, 1 - C 4O „ : 41 'S IVltt 4l °, 1 4;4 . •‘l.l „„ tt, 14t, i rk' Ore ~Ur ' 4/ R I tr y, lave k„~ ~~ 119 131 , 11 ;011.111 i